Institutional Corrections

The COVID-19 pandemic and operational challenges, impacts, and lessons learned: A multi-methods study of U.S. prison systems
The purpose of this study was to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic changed U.S. prison operations and influenced the daily work of prison staff.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and operational challenges, impacts, and lessons learned: A multi-methods study of U.S. prison systems
Tailoring to a mandate: The development and validation of the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN)
In December 2018, the First Step Act of 2018 was signed into law, which required the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin using risk and needs assessment to assign programs and provide inmates with required treatment.
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Tailoring to a mandate: The development and validation of the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN)
Procedural justice, legal orientations, and gang membership: Testing an alternative explanation to understand the gang-misconduct link
A top priority of prison authorities is maintaining a safe and orderly institutional environment. Gangs are believed to impede this objective, warranting bespoke policies and practices.
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Procedural justice, legal orientations, and gang membership: Testing an alternative explanation to understand the gang-misconduct link
Reforming solitary confinement: The development, implementation, and processes of a restrictive housing step down reentry program in Oregon
Over the past decade there have been numerous and impassioned calls to reform the practice of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons.
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Reforming solitary confinement: The development, implementation, and processes of a restrictive housing step down reentry program in Oregon
Gang affilitation and prisoner reentry: Discrete-time variation in recidivism by current, former, and non-gang status
Reentry experiences for the 600,000 people released annually from federal and state prisons differ vastly. We contend that gangs, which rose to prominence alongside mass incarceration, are an overlooked source of variation in reentry experiences.
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Gang affilitation and prisoner reentry: Discrete-time variation in recidivism by current, former, and non-gang status